Chest pain may still be angina even when the main heart arteries look clear. Using cardiac stress MRI (a heart scan that measures blood flow with magnetic resonance imaging), testing uncovered small ...

A patient receives an MRI scan at Buda Health Centre in Budapest, Hungary, June 27, 2019. Picture taken June 27, 2019. REUTERS/Tamas Kaszas (This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where ...

In patients with angina but no obstructive arteries on angiography, further testing with stress cardiac MRI improved diagnosing the cause of angina, resulting in better management and quality of life, ...

This study aimed to determine if stress cardiac MRI testing (a heart scan that measures blood flow with magnetic resonance imaging) could help improve diagnosis and treatment for people with suspected ...

NEW ORLEANS — An evaluation of myocardial blood flow with stress perfusion cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging after a negative angiogram changed the presumed diagnosis and treatment in the ...

A study conducted at NYU Langone Medical Center finds that unnecessary radiation in cardiac stress tests costs $500 million a year and causes nearly 500 cases of cancer. Greater use of ultrasound or ...

A new heart scan is faster and has lower radiation exposure than MRI and invasive angiography, according to a study published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging. Researchers compared three ...

Nov 12 (Reuters) - (This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays. To receive the full newsletter in your inbox for free sign up ...

A new testing protocol identifies patients whose chest pain is heart-related even though their main heart arteries look normal during typical exams, according to results of a new study. During the ...